Competency-Based Approach in training (CBA) has received the recommendation of the 5th Annual Education Conference delegates and a nod of approval from the Ministry of Education and Youth (MEY).

About 200 educationists and experts in training discussed and highlighted advantages of the CBA. They did so in the presence of Minister Danny Faure of MEY, after which Principal Secretary Macsuzie Mondon (PS) voiced the ministry's approval in principle for the strategy.

In her speech to close the conference on Thursday September 18, she noted that two programmes were already following CBA, saying standardisation and integration of post secondary education and training were more of an already accepted principle than they were mere proposals for consideration.

"Those of us already involved in the project recognise the benefits of such a model for education and training in Seychelles," she said, adding that consensus for the adoption of CBA needed to reach instructors and lecturers who would be the key persons in developing and implementing CBA programmes.

The PS noted that the training of tour guides and environmental health officers was already based on the CBA approach. Courses for the two categories of professionals are run by Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Training College (SHTTC) and the National Institute for Health and Social Studies (NIHSS) respectively.

"In designing the two programmes, we had to work closely with parent ministries and  people from organisations and the labour market," she said.

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